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After lengthy hearing, Tucson council grants two TEP special‑exception requests and extracts conditions; Broadway/Euclid appeal withdrawn
Summary
Following more than an hour of testimony from TEP, neighborhoods and technical volunteers, council granted TEP special exceptions for overhead crossings at Kino & 36th and Oracle & Grant subject to conditions but recorded TEP's withdrawal of its Broadway & Euclid appeal, ending the local administrative process.
The Mayor and Council on Aug. 6 resolved a contested planning question in the six‑year Midtown Reliability Project by granting two of three special‑exception appeals from Tucson Electric Power (TEP) and accepting TEP’s on‑the‑record withdrawal of the Broadway & Euclid appeal.
Background: TEP sought special exceptions to the city’s undergrounding requirements where the proposed 138 kV transmission line crosses major gateway corridors at three perpendicular intersections (Kino & 36th, Broadway & Euclid, Oracle & Grant). City zoning rules generally require underground placement in gateway routes unless narrowly prescribed exceptions apply. TEP argued overhead crossings at the three intersections would reduce visual clutter, retire older poles, and avoid substantial incremental costs and complex underground riser structures. Planning staff had…
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